In the mammalian eye, apical -
basal polarity is essential in PR cells for the transmission of light signals from the retina to the brain.
imaginal epithelia, clones of oncogenic cells mutant for apico -
basal polarity genes are actively eliminated when surrounded by wild - type cells.
Not exact matches
In the absence of dystrophin, the
polarity effector Par1b is dysregulated, leading to the failure of Par3 to become localized to the cortex associated with the
basal lamina.
Sponge cells adhere to form tissue - like layers, but a true epithelial cell layer, characterized by aligned cell
polarity, belt - form junctions and underlying
basal lamina, is thought to be a eumetazoan innovation.